Cultural Framework

Examines several different factors affecting Native student’s educational success such as financial constraints and lack of education preparation.

Examines the decision by the Court of Appeal regarding the violation of Cree rights by the Canadian and Quebec governments.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.11.

Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--Simon Fraser University, 1997.

Deals with the integration of traditional medicine, values, and beliefs into the mental health system.

Looks at the success at Princess Alexandra Community School in creating a culturally affirmative learning environment with community education and staff development through transformative learning.

Chapter six in book: Place-Based Education in the Global Age: Local Diversity edited by Greg Smith and David Gruenewald.

Guide includes background information, suggested outline for activities, vocabulary list, content standards, and resources for several teaching units.

Comments on a Yupiaq immersion teacher who meets both academic and cultural/linguistic goals with her classroom teaching.

Suggests that rather than trying to create culturally responsive curricula, there should be a movement toward "culturally founded" education, which would be developed by northern Aboriginal peoples from their own cultural perspectives.

Goal is to provide educational staff with an increased level of awareness of Aboriginal perspectives for integration into the curricula.

Project aimed at improving access to traditional-based health services found health and education practices are intertwined and recommends restoring more traditional-based practices into the mainstream.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Regina, 2005.

Adult Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Alaska Anchorage, 2000.

Looks at seven "Promising Practices" being implemented in Edmonton Catholic Schools to build awareness of sensitivity to cultural values and practices. Presented at Session 2: Aboriginal Canadians and the Economy: Education Issues. "Annual Meeting of the Canadian Economics Association, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, June 6, 2008."

Overview of initiatives undertaken to ensure Maori control of how their children are educated.

Focus on Aboriginal children from preconception to age six, as well as families and communities both on and off reserve.

Editorial overview about this edition's theme, going "to the land of the Eagle where creativity and possibility occur".

Provides background documentation to assist in developing culturally relevant curricula. Includes materials for "8 Science-Based Units, 8 History/Social Studies-Based Units, 8 Language Arts-Based Units."

Provides background, materials and activities which are culturally relevant in the areas of science, social studies, and language arts units.

Provides background documentation to assist in developing culturally relevant curricula. Includes materials for "8 Science-Based Units, 8 History/Social Studies-Based Units, 8 Language Arts-Based Units."

Book review of: Creating Space by Verna J. Kirkness.

Book review of: Creating Space by Verna J. Kirkness. Entire book review section on one PDF. To access this review scroll to p. 167.

Book review of Creating Space by Verna Kirkness.

Art Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--New York University, 1997.

Examines the influence of culture and environment on creativity.

Explores land-based education through interviews with six Swampy Cree Elders from Northern Manitoba. Five themes emerged: counseling from the Elders, traditional teachings, ceremonies, and a connection to the land.

Includes fiction and non-fiction and is arranged by geographic region.

Education Psychology (Ph.D.)--Northern Arizona University, 1992.

Educational Foundations Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2017.

Describes the desire to keep Aboriginal languages "protected, preserved, promoted and practiced".

Philosophy Thesis (M.A.)--University of Windsor, 1996.

Discusses decolonizing universities and looking at misinformation presented by past scholarship.

Reports results of survey administered to provincial school boards associations, ministries of education, other organizations and key educational partners. Responses grouped into three parts: Indigenous education structure, responses to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, and initiatives and promising practices.

Curriculum Studies Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 2000.

Looks at the collaboration between Gesgapegiag Mi'gmaq First Nation community school and a northern Maine University to develop a culturally based curriculum to improve educational outcomes.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--Oregon State University, 1980.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--Lakehead University, 2016.

Discusses project developed to help students cross the border between their community's Aboriginal culture and the culture of Western science.

Education Thesis (M.A.)--Laurentian University, 1998.

Looked at schools that had high number of successful American Indian/Alaskan Native students in an attempt to identify promising practices for effective teaching. Provides case study examples.

Elementary Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of North Florida, 1993.

Reports on a study which implemented a culturally sensitive math curriculum in consultation with local Elders. Results showed an improved outcome in student scores.

Elementary Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2015.

Originally published in: The International Handbook of Science Education edited by B.J. Fraser and K.G. Tobin.

Review undertaken to develop recommendations for a best practice framework. Focused on background to the current poor health status of Aboriginals and identifying challenges facing nursing profession in dealing with these issues.

Discusses the need to understand factors affecting the retention in nursing programs.

Reports on the initiatives undertaken by six Canadian nursing schools: Langara College, University of Alberta, Laurentian University, Trent University, Nova Scotia Community College, and St. Francis Xavier University in response to the Cultural Competence and Cultural Safety in Nursing Education: a Framework for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Nursing document.

Looks at the impact culturally competent teachers have on creating a successful learning environment for students. Includes examples of successful models in Canada, the United States, New Zealand and Australia.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Santa Barbara, 1989.